Using PowerPoint PPTX Display Format

How to:

With PowerPoint (PPTX), Microsoft introduced enhanced functionality in a new presentation file format. The PPTX format is supported in Microsoft Office versions 2007, 2010, and 2013. Earlier versions of PowerPoint can be updated to read the PPTX format using the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack available from the Microsoft download site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx

Due to security policy changes implemented by Microsoft, the Excel and PowerPoint formats generated by FOCUS (EXL2K and PPT) will no longer be supported by Microsoft Office 2013. In addition, these formats are not supported by Microsoft Excel Viewer and PowerPoint Viewer in any Microsoft Office release. Use FOCUS to generate Excel (XLSX) and PowerPoint (PPTX) reports that can be viewed in these applications.

With FOCUS, you can retrieve data from any FOCUS supported data source and generate a PPTX presentation for data analysis and distribution.

The PPTX format generates fully styled reports in binary display format, which uses the same binary technology that is used for XLSX. When PPTX is specified as the output format, a PowerPoint presentation with a single slide that includes the report is created.

The FOCUS procedure generates a new presentation containing your defined report elements, such as headings and subtotals, as well as StyleSheet syntax, such as conditional styling and drill downs.

For information on building the PPTX file, see Building the XLSX Workbook File.


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Syntax: How to Create PowerPoint PPTX Report Output
ON TABLE {HOLD|SAVE} [AS name] FORMAT PPTX 

where:

name

Is the name of the PowerPoint output file.


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